US Patent Issued to Liebherr-Werk Biberach on April 21 for "Lifting gear, and method for determining slack rope on the lifting gear" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,422, issued on April 21, was assigned to Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).

"Lifting gear, and method for determining slack rope on the lifting gear" was invented by Clemens Maier (Munderkingen, Germany) and Tobias Englert (Burgrieden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to lifting gear comprising a hoist rope, on which a load-receiving means is provided for receiving and lifting a load, and a determining device for determining slack rope on the hoist rope, wherein the aforementioned determining device comprises an inclination sensor system for detecting an inclination and/o...